The North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper recently revealed the number of consumer complaints filed with his office in 2009 and also identified the top 10 consumer complaints for the year. In 2009, 22,665 consumers filed complaints with the Consumer Protection Division of North Carolina Department of Justice. The largest […]
Monthly Archives: April 2010
FDA slaps wrist of European Drug Company for illegally marketing Seroquel and paying off doctors
European Drug Company AstraZeneca had its wrist slapped this week by the Food and Drug Administration (‘FDA’). The FDA fined AstraZeneca for illegally promoting the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel and for illegally paying doctors to prescribe the drug. Seroquel has been the best-selling anti-psychotic drug on the market since it was […]
Bad Medical Care Causes Asphyxiated Newborns
A new study published in an international medical journal confirms that laboring mothers who receive sub-standard medical care are three times more likely to have babies who have suffered an inadequate supply of oxygen, a cause of brain injury. The study found that if there was sub-standard care during the […]